[24] Design for a stables and offices, 1787, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Kirkdale House, Galloway: variant designs for a house, stables, offices, farm range, brewhouse, bridge and cottage for Sir Samuel Hannay, 3rd Baronet, 1786-88, executed in part (43)
    - Variant designs for stables and offices, 1786-87, unexecuted (14)
      - Variant designs for a stables and offices, 1787, unexecuted (10)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 35/45

Purpose

[24] Design for a stables and offices, 1787, unexecuted

Aspect

Ground plan of a D-shaped stables and office range, with a circular stable flanked by coach houses, staircases, and enclosed by a continuous wall, with a circular room and staircase, a D-shaped room, and a gatehouse with stairs and turrets

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Scale

bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) Offices for Sir Samuel Hannay Bart / at Kirkdale in Galloway ~ / 74. / (verso) 2 elevations

Signed and dated

31/3/1787
Albemarle Street / 31. March 1787

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (305x495)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Notes

This design is very similar to an earlier variant (SM Adam volume 35/48) with a different gatehouse.

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 20
King, Volume 2, 2001, p. 245
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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